Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System (SERS), An Early 1980s Private Equity Investor | Ryan Morse, Director of Alternative Investments | Q&A
Ryan Morse is a Director of Alternative Investments at the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System (SERS), where he has served since 2018. In this interview, he discussed the strength of their private equity program, having been one of the first public pension investors in PE in the early 1980s; how pension plans are finding creative ways to work with venture capital; and how their private credit portfolio has got off to a successful start.
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